Cabbage Rose

''Rosa × centifolia'', the Provence rose or cabbage rose or Rose de Mai is a hybrid rose developed by Dutch rose breeders in the period between the 17th century and the 19th century, possibly earlier. Its parentage includes ''Rosa × damascena'', but it may be a complex hybrid; its exact hereditary history is not well documented or fully investigated, but it now appears that this is not the "hundred-leaved" rose mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny: "no unmistakable reference can be traced earlier.. more